More than a dozen Dark Demon Race members pursuing the humans vanished soundlessly, as though a few specks of dust had been wiped away.
Sunlight briefly pierced the filthy clouds, illuminating the survivors' faces at the edge of the valley—first shock, then bewilderment, and finally wild joy.
The badly injured old man struggled to rise and pay his respects, while several young disciples trembled from head to toe in excitement, believing they had encountered a legendary reclusive master.
Yet at the very instant this hope had just arisen and the tension had slightly eased!
"Hmph!"
A cold, savage snort, as though capable of freezing souls, suddenly resounded between heaven and earth like ten thousand years of ice exploding!
The snort did not come from any particular direction. It seemed to emerge simultaneously from some dark, corrupted corner thousands of miles away, carrying lofty indifference and furious wrath!
The foul dark-purple clouds above the valley suddenly churned violently, like boiling asphalt!
Immediately afterward, an irresistible terrifying force tore the clouds apart and forced them aside. A beam of pure darkness, seemingly able to devour all light, crashed down from an extreme height, aimed directly at Lin Langtian, who had just appeared!
Before the beam even arrived, an evil pressure far surpassing every Dark Demon Race member from before had already blanketed a thousand-mile radius like tangible shackles!
The earth sank soundlessly, and space congealed like an iron plate. The human cultivators who had just escaped death, including the Fifth-grade Supreme old man, were instantly like insects trapped in amber. Even their breathing and thoughts nearly came to a halt, leaving only boundless terror and suffocation!
Before this pressure, they were as insignificant as dust!
An Earthly Supreme!
And a genuine Earthly Supreme of the Outer Realm Evil Race, filled with pure